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SEWING MACHINE. No. 326,822. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

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R. WHITEHILL.

SEWING MACHINE.

No. 326,822. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

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NITED STATES SEWING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 326,822, dated September 22, 1885.

Application filed April Q0, 1855. (No model.)

shuttle-machine. The shuttle in its advance opposes that portion ot' the loop that comes from the ledge P, and therefore, as the tendency of the strain would be to lift the shut- To all whom t may concer/t:

Be it known that I, ROBERT WHITEHILL, ofMilwaukee, in the county otMilwaukee, and in the State ot'Wisconsi n, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewing-Matle, I make a cavity, q, in the nose of the chines; and I do hereby declare that the fol! shuttle and lowing is a full, clear, and exact description that tits loosely in said cavity; and this horn, thereof. while it will permit the upper portion of the My invent-ion relates to sewing-machines; loop to slide under it, as it does not clamp the and it consists in certain new and useful irnshuttle tightly, will prevent the shuttle from provementsin thethreadingmechanism,which being lifted from its seat. will be fully described hereinafter. Having thus fully described my invention,

In the drawings, Figure l is a top view 0f I whzit I claim as new, and desire to secure by ashuttle and race embodying my invention. LettersPatent,is-

Fig. 2 is a top view of the taper end of my In a sewingmachine, the combination, with shuttle. Fig. 3is a like view of thecradle of a shuttle-race having a well or recess for the the shuttle-carrier with the shuttle removed. needle near its center, and an inclined under- Fig. 4 is a front View of the face of the race. out or half-dovetail recess, the upper edge of Fig. vshows the position of the thread and l which communicates with the said needle-reshuttle with relation to the race when the cess about midway vertically of the shuttlecarrier is just beginning a stroke. Fig. (i I race, or in the path ofthe point of the shuttle, shows in elevation the position of the same l ot'a shuttle having a cavity in its nose on its parts when the shuttle has fully taken the t loop, and Fig. 7 is a bottom view ofthe same. l horn fitting loosely in said cavity, substan- The shuttle-raceOhas the usual needle-well, tially as set forth.

p, in its center, and on one side of this well the In testimony that I claim the foregoing I metal is cut away to admit the upper thread have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, from the needle to an inclined halfdovetailed in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisledge, P, which, as the shuttle takes the loop cousin, in t-he presence of two witnesses. from the needle, detains the thread and guides l ROBERT VVHITEHILL. it down beneath and around the shuttle, and ,l Vitnesses:

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thus permits of the use of a shorter needle than has heretofore been capable of use on aA upper side, and a shuttle-carrier having a provide the cradle with ahorn, g', 

